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Psa. 71:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

For thou art my hopem, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.

Jer. 17:7,17• ⁷Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose hope Jehovah is.
¹⁷Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil. (Jer. 17:7,17)

Cross References

Ministry on This Verse

For thou.

Psa. 13:5• ⁵But I in thy mercy have trusted;{HR}My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation; (Psa. 13:5)

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Psa. 39:7• ⁷And now what wait I for, O Lord?{HR}My expectation [is] from thee. (Psa. 39:7)

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Psa. 42:11• ¹¹Why art thou cast down,{HR}[O] my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?{HR}Wait thou for God, for I shall yet praise him,{HR}The help of my countenance and my God. (Psa. 42:11)

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Psa. 119:81,166• ⁸¹My soul fainteth for thy salvation;{HR}In thy word do I hope.
¹⁶⁶I hope for thy salvation, Jehovah,{HR}And thy commandments I do. (Psa. 119:81,166)

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Jer. 17:7,13,17• ⁷Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose hope Jehovah is.
¹³Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.
¹⁷Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil. (Jer. 17:7,13,17)

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Rom. 15:13• ¹³Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope by the power of [the] Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:13)

my trust.

Psa. 71:17• ¹⁷O God, thou hast taught me from my youth,{HR}And hitherto do I show thy wondrous works. (Psa. 71:17)

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Psa. 22:9‑10• ⁹For thou [art] he that didst bring me forth from the womb,{HR}Causing me to trust upon the breasts of my mother.
¹⁰Upon thee was I cast from the womb;{HR}From the belly of my mother thou [art] my God. (Psa. 22:9‑10)

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1 Sam. 16:13• ¹³Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren; and the Spirit of Jehovah came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. (1 Sam. 16:13)

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1 Sam. 17:33‑37,45‑47• ³³And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
³⁴And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
³⁵and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
³⁶Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
³⁷And David said, Jehovah that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and Jehovah be with thee.
⁴⁵Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
⁴⁶This day will Jehovah deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasss of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God, in Israel;
⁴⁷and all this assembly shall know that Jehovah saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hands. (1 Sam. 17:33‑37,45‑47)

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Eccl. 12:1• ¹Remember also thy Creator(s) in the days of thy youth{HR}Before the evil days come,{HR}And the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say,{HR}I have no pleasure in them; (Eccl. 12:1)

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Luke 2:40• ⁴⁰And the child grew and waxed strong [in spirit], filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. (Luke 2:40)

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2 Tim. 3:15• ¹⁵and that from a babe thou knowest the sacred writings that are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus. (2 Tim. 3:15)

• They look back at their whole trial through which they are passing and marvel at God’s miraculous preservation (vs. 5-8). (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah, my confidence from my youth.

W. Kelly Translation

For thou [art] my hope, Adonai Jehovah,{HR}My confidence from my youth.